History

"I went to school at Charndon & Grendon Underwood during WW2, living at Calvert and Edgcott. Now living in Sweden for me this is a stroll down memory lane, thanks to the Internet." Former Charndon Resident

Opening of Charndon School, Sep 19th 1914.

View of Calvert Brick Works from Charndon

Charndon means 'cairn hill', cairn being a Celtic word for a ceremonial hill or pile of stones.

The hamlet was recorded in the Doomsday Book in 1086 as Credendone.